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Rhynchosia difformis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Elliott) de Candolle

Common Names

• Doubleform Snoutbean

Geographical Habitats

• NE. & C. Mexico
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Wooded slopes
• open prairie
• swamps
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Mar-Oct (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Decumbent or twining perennial herb with velvety or strigose stems. Trifoliate leaves to 120mm long, pubescent leaflets to 60mm x 80mm. Axillary few-flowered racemes to 40mm long of yellow flowers to 14mm long, calyx to 12mm long. Puberulent or villous pods to 20mm x 8mm

Further References

• USDA
• Mobot
• NYBG
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOSEUS
• Gleason & Moldenke